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New T.O. stations put accent on culture
With appeals behind them, there is nothing between the owners of Toronto’s two new over-the-air stations and their launch dates but clear sailing and an endless sea of details.
Deluxe, Technicolor open new film labs
Montreal: Deluxe Film Laboratories and Technicolor, the two giants of the film processing industry, have deepened their worldwide battle for market share with the strategic opening of new facilities in Toronto and Montreal.
Jump Cuts
AAC sheds post facilities
Let the players play (in the English market)
It’s time for the feature film industry in Canada, and public sector agencies that serve the industry, to consider the notions of duality and uneven development in the marketplace.
Playback Readership Poll Results
Asked should Telefilm set up individualized funding envelopes for Canadian broadcasters, 48.08% of respondents voted yes, 51.92% voted no.
Correction
In Playback’s Canadian Talent Report in the June 24 issue, the feature Tennyson’s Wake was cited as one of writer Tassie Cameron’s career hightlights. She is actually the story editor on that script and Tracey Izatt is the writer. Also, Cameron is one of eight writers on Hottest Night of the Year.
Gullane’s sale leaves CCI in the balance
With HIT Entertainment in the process of taking over Gullane Entertainment, the future relationship between the Thomas the Tank Engine owner and Canadian associate Cambium Catalyst International remains in question.
Specialty TV continues growth
Montreal: Most recent figures from Statistics Canada indicate revenues for specialty television rose to $1.2 billion for the 12-month period ending Aug. 31, 2001, up 13.9% from 2000. Specialty TV’s share represented 26.6% of total television industry revenues of $4.5 billion in the period, compared with only 19% three years earlier.
No broadcaster access to movie funds, says APFTQ
Montreal: Quebec producers in the APFTQ are voicing strong opposition to broadcaster-affiliate access to the selective component of the Canada Feature Film Fund.
Frappier heads OMDC
The Ontario Media Development Corporation’s board of directors has appointed managing, marketing and communications veteran Michel Frappier to replace Adam Ostry as the ageny’s new CEO, effective July 2.
Manufacturers ramp up for SIGGRAPH 2002
With SIGGRAPH 2002, the digital graphics industry’s premier trade show, fast approaching, hardware and software manufacturers are scrambling to be ready with their latest product and strategy announcements.
F/X software manufacturers slash prices
Several years ago, post-production and animation/F/X shops would pay large sums to acquire the industry’s premier hardware and software, and wear this like a badge of pride. Companies came to be known as ‘Maya shops’ or ‘Softimage shops,’ or they would promote their expensive infernos or flames. Shops that had the most cutting-edge gear would be perceived to produce the best work, they reasoned.
Upstart Final Cut Pro challenges Avid
The battle among editing manufacturers for the hearts and minds of filmmakers is in full swing.
Streamlining the audio post process
Stephen Barden is a supervising sound editor at Sound Dogs Editing and Design Group. The Toronto audio post shop’s credits include Men With Brooms, Treed Murray, Blizzard and Requiem for a Dream.
HandGear opens 3D interactivity
Montreal: DSI Datotech Systems of Montreal hasn’t set out to reinvent the mouse, just replace it – specifically in the area of 3D applications. The new tool is a multiple-point hand-based gesture interface called the HandGear touchpad.
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